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Opposition Senator Dr Floyd Morris, who was recently elected to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, wants Jamaica’s church community to ensure that it supports the passage of the Disabilities Act and that church-run facilities have accommodations in place for disabled persons.
Morris, who is visually impaired, made the call on Sunday while addressing a Zoom webinar for the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s (SDA) fifth annual Adventist Possibility Ministries’ Annual Possibilities Rendezvous, which focuses on acts of outreach ministry for the disabled community and persons with special needs.
“In order for that legislation to come into effect, the Government has decided that codes of practice have to be put in place to ensure that individuals have a guide to prevent discrimination against persons with disabilities. Once these codes of practice have been completed, the church as a community has to make sure that all the servic